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Filing year 2024

PORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Portland, Maine·EIN 01-6006058·NTEE A690 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$5.5M
Total assets
$16.9M
Total expenses
$5.7M
Reported officers
26
Mission

THE PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (PSO) SERVES OUR COMMUNITY BY ENRICHING LIVES THROUGH MUSIC. THE PSO STRIVES FOR THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF ARTISTIC QUALITY; INSPIRES CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH MUSIC EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGES LIFELONG MUSICAL LEARNING; DEVELOPS AND NURTURES COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL; AND PROMOTES A CULTURE OF MUTUAL RESPECT THAT BUILDS SHARED COMMITMENT AND COLLABORATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 2 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Music Direct
highest compensated employee
$172k
$186k
Base
$160k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
$143k
$155k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 24 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 2%
from 2023

From $169k in 2023 to $172k in 2024.

$169k
2023
$172k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$189k to $186k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

PORTLAND MAINE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$4.3M
$4.5M
2023
$5.5M
$5.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Arts, Culture & Humanities executives earn

Comparable arts, culture & humanities organizations nationwide pay their highest-earning executive a median of $58,598.

25th percentile
$24k
Median
$58,598
75th percentile
$111k
90th percentile
$215k

These are arts, culture & humanities sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 4,819 organizations across 4,819 filings (2021 – 2023).

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